battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Port Gamble

Name: Battle of Port Gamble
Start: 1856-11-21
Location: Port Gamble, Canada

Battle of Port Gamble was a battle fought on 21 November 1856 at Port Gamble, in what is now Canada. The recorded result: United States victory.

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Fought21 November 1856

WherePort Gamble, Canada47.854N, 122.584W

OutcomeUnited States victory

BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstHaida raiders from Alaska

Casualties and losses1 killedand27 killed, 21 wounded

Record

Date	21 November 1856
Place	Port Gamble, Canada 47.854N, 122.584W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Casualties and losses	1 killed	27 killed, 21 wounded

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Seattle 1856, 35 km SE
Battle of Union Gap 1855, 217 km SE
Battle of Four Lakes 1858, 374 km E
Battle of Spokane Plains 1858, 382 km E
Battle of Pine Creek 1858, 398 km E

Elsewhere in 1856

Battle of Port Gamble is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 128 in present-day Canada.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16974099, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Port Gamble, revision 1379923585, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.